Update - June 2024: We currently have a postdoc and phd position available!
If you are interested in joining our team, please send an email to sarit[dot]szpiro@edu.haifa.ac.il with your CV and research interests.
Dr. Sarit Szpiro
Principle InvestigatorHaneen Karah
Project: Perceptual learning in vision and audition across the lifespan Hanin Karah is a clinical audiologist and a PhD student at the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa. Lately, she has published her first research “Auditory Perceptual Exercises in Adults Adapting to the Use of Hearing Aids”. In her PhD she will continue to work on perceptual learning.Maisa Aghbaria
Project: Perceptual learning in childrenMaisa is an occupational therapist and a master's student in the lab working on understanding how perceptual learning and plasticity differs between children and adultsLior Maman
Project: Assisting low vision with augmented realityMaayan Eisler
Project: Quantity and preservation skills in children with intellectual developmental disabilityRenana Twito
Project: Perception in children with autismProject: Aiding visually impaired people, in particular the elderly, using Virtual Reality headset that assists them in identifying
and enhancing objects in their environment
Mais Abbas
Project: How auditory and visual perception are linked in older adultsI hold BA in the Communication Sciences and Disorders. As an audiologist, I currently perform hearing tests and vestibular examinations on patients ranging in age from infancy to adulthood. I am now pursuing a Master's degree in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Haifa in the hearing and cognition cluster. My thesis is under the supervision of Dr. Hanin Karawani and Dr. Sarit Szpiro, it aims to investigate age-related sensory decline in auditory and visual perception and their interaction with cognitive decline.
Alumni
Tanweer Milhem (Master thesis)
Project: Improving employment skills of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities by exposing them to video prompts I am an occupational therapist (I hold B.O.T from Tel-Aviv University), and work with children and adults with autism, intellectual and developmental disabilities. I have always been passionate to help people, especially with special needs. That's why I chose to major in special education- Autism and Developmental Disabilities for my master's degree.Tova Kimhi-Hananel
Project: Assisting ADHD students focus on teachers in the classroomMaster's student in the Special Education departmentCognitive Science student
Final project 2022
Omer Marom
Project: How appearance and priors are modified throughout development
MA student majoring in autism, in the Department of special education, at the faculty of Education in Haifa University.
I hold B.A in special education and a teaching certificate from Oranim academic College. Currently, I study different aspects of children's perception under the guidance of Prof. Bat-Sheva Hadad and Dr. Sarit Szpiro.
Eman Mhajne
Project: How children learn and and modify priors in visionCognitive Science student
Final project 2022
Amit Zarbiv
Cognitive Science student
Final project 2021
Project: How parents with visual impairments play with sighted children
B.A student majoring in cognitive science and human resources.
Karst Hoogsteen
Project: Assistive technologies for low vision